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Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
To expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs transportation grant program to serve veterans in rural as well as highly rural areas. The bill broadens eligible grant recipients to include county veterans service organizations and tribal organizations in addition to state and other veterans service organizations. Grant amounts are increased from the previous cap to a maximum of $60,000, with authorization for up to $80,000 when recipients must purchase a vehicle to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. The bill defines "rural" and "highly rural" using the Department of Agriculture's Rural-Urban Commuting Areas coding system. The authorization for funding is changed from a fixed $3 million annually through 2022 to an open-ended authorization for necessary funding to support the expanded program.
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Sponsor (1)
19 cosponsors
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY)
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA)
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV)
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD)
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO)
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA)
Actions (3)
- Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Ms. Perez (for herself, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION AND MODIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
Section 307 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting “rural or” before “highly”;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting “rural or” before “highly” each place it appears;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):
“(B) County veterans service organizations.”; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(D) Tribal organizations.”;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking “A State veterans service agency or veterans service organization awarded” and inserting “A recipient of”; and
(D) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph (4):
“(4) Maximum amount.—
“(A) In general.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amount of a grant under this section may not exceed $60,000.
“(B) Additional amount to purchase a vehicle.—The amount of a grant under this section to a recipient may be increased to an amount not to exceed $80,000 if the recipient is required to purchase a vehicle to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) in carrying out this section.”;
(3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
“(1) Rural; highly rural.—The terms ‘rural’ and ‘highly rural’ have the meanings given those terms under the Rural- Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) coding system of the Department of Agriculture.”; and
(4) in subsection (d), by striking “$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2022” and inserting “such sums as may be necessary”. <all>
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